Jerusalem artichoke soup
They call it “Homing Pidgin” which is quite clever. The menu for
Pidgin at home is also clever, full of delicious things that don’t take much prep but pack and impressive punch and make you feel like you’re dining pretty darn fine at your own dinner table.
Mini-starter was an excellent game sausage roll, 6 minutes in the oven, and served with a wild cherry mustard that I absolutely love to death. I want a jar of this stuff. Just soooo cherry. And mustard. The main starter was a j-choke soup, and a very fine one, with a caviar creme fraiche that worked very well; the occasional salty hit really amped the soup. Little round j-choke crisps on top were still perfectly crispy when served.
Sausage roll, cherry mustard
Main course was a very impressive lamb shank. And it was a wonderful piece of lamb too, absolutely tumbling off the bone but really packed with lamb-y flavour. Could have done with a bit more jus, but that’s picking hairs. The purple sprouting broccoli with a fermented chilli dressing was magic alongside. And the third element were little Chinese turnip cakes; good flavour but I think they probably wanted five more minutes in the oven if they were meant to have a crispy outside. Still, excellent, especially sprinkled with crumbs of Chinese sausage. That lamb though. The shanks were way too big, so the remains made for a lovely ragu the next day.
Pudding was a tasty deconstruction of key lime pie. Orange in the bottom, then a lovely gently lime-y cream, scattered with a crumble topping and meringue shards. It didn’t impress quite as much as what had come before, but was still an easy and satisfying end to a good meal.
Lamb shank!
